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Fast Forward Israel Eases Travel Restrictions on Palestinians
The Israeli army has eased travel and other restrictions on Palestinian Christians for the holiday season. The Israel Defense Forces, in conjunction with the coordinator of government activities in the territories, announced the easing of restrictions on traveling outside the West Bank and Gaza Strip into Israel through Jan. 20. The move comes following an…
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Fast Forward Jewish Vets Reconsidered for Higher Honors
Congress approved a requirement for the U.S. military to review World War I records to determine whether Jews who received decorations should be upgraded to the Medal of Honor. The amendment to the Defense Authorization Act, which passed last week and will soon to be signed into law by President Obama, requires “the Secretary of…
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Fast Forward Tikkun Editor’s Home Vandalized Again
The northern California home of Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of the progressive Tikkun magazine, was vandalized for the fourth time in the last year. In an e-mail sent to Tikkun supporters, Lerner said that on Tuesday evening, two black-hooded men pasted signs on the outside of his house and garage saying that “Palestine is an…
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Fast Forward Congress Extends Israel Alt-Energy Deal
The U.S. Congress maintained funding for a cooperative agreement with Israel that develops energy alternatives. The Omnibus Appropriations Bill passed over the weekend by both houses keeps in place the $2 million contributed by the United States to the U.S.-Israel Energy Cooperative Agreement. Under the agreement, Israel also contributes $2 million, and private investors contribute…
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Fast Forward Federal Judge Rejects Demjanjuk Claim
A federal judge in Cleveland rejected a claim by convicted Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk that U.S. prosecutors withheld documents that could have helped his case. U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster ruled Tuesday that a 1985 FBI memo that questioned the legitimacy of a Nazi identification card placing Demjanjuk at the Trawniki guard camp…
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Fast Forward S. American Bloc Signs Trade Pact With PA
A bloc of South American countries has signed a free trade agreement with the Palestinian Authority. MERCOSUR, the political and economic consortium made up of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, on Tuesday in Uruguay signed the first trade deal between the PA and nations outside of the Arab world, The Associated Press reported. Israel controls…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Lawmaker Quits Over Bribery Claim
A New York lawmaker who had strong Orthodox Jewish backing because he rejected a gay rights initiative quit after pleading guilty to charges that he funneled bribes through his gay lover. State Sen. Carl Kruger, a conservative Democrat who has held his Brooklyn seat since 1994, resigned Tuesday just before pleading guilty to laundering up…
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News Friedman: I Should Have Been ‘More Precise’
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman said that he should have used a more “precise term” when he wrote that congressional ovations for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were “bought and paid for by the Israel lobby.” “In retrospect I probably should have used a more precise term like ‘engineered’ by the Israel lobby –…
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